Costco warehouses will be closed on Monday, Sept. 7, for Labor Day, then reopen for business as usual on Tuesday, Sept. 8. For shoppers who were planning to make one last holiday run, that means the warehouse doors will stay shut on the federal holiday itself.
Sarah Lemire, a lifestyle and entertainment reporter for TODAY based in New York City, is answering the question many people are asking now because Labor Day falls on the first Monday in September and lands this year on Monday, Sept. 7. In a holiday week when most retailers and restaurants welcome customers, Costco warehouses are taking the opposite approach.
That closure applies to Costco warehouses, not to the broader rhythm of every service attached to them. Costco says hours, openings and closings may vary by location, and directs shoppers to the store locator and store details for information on store hours as well as the pharmacy, gas station, optical department and other Costco services. That makes the holiday plan simple at the warehouse level, but less simple if someone is trying to use a specific service tied to a particular location.
The company’s schedule leaves little ambiguity for the holiday itself: if a trip to Costco is on the calendar for Labor Day, it will need to wait. The next normal shopping day is Tuesday, Sept. 8, when warehouses reopen and business resumes as usual. For anyone trying to finish errands before the long weekend ends, that is the detail that matters.
